David Gillespie - new to the forum

18 Aug 2010 10:47 PM

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Hi, my name is Marian. I have been sugar free for 4 weeks. No real problems maybe just a bit sluggish now and again. I have read the sweet poison quit plan and and couldn't wait to start. I am not really over weight, just need to lose some tummy fat as there is a history of diabetes and heart disease in my family. I have lost 2kg but haven't lost anything in this passed week. I have weet-bix or porridge for breakfast with a little natvia sprinkled on it. I now have my tea with no sugar was 2 tspns. I am always checking labels when I go to the supermarket. As sugar is difficult to completely eliminate does anybody know how much is allowable on a daily bases. If i feel like a snack I keep some nuts and potato chips handy. Made some Anzac biscuits yesterday out of the recipe section of the book. they are yummy. Enjoy reading how everybody else is fairing and know that I am not alone.

19 Aug 2010 5:26 AM

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Hi Marian, welcome to the forum. I'm just over a week sugar free myself, mostly it's been an easy journey but occasionally I get bad cravings. You can have a total of up to 10gms of sugar a day. That's roughly what you would get in 2 pieces of fruit. I try to keep the total sugar of everything I eat under 1gm so I'm pretty safe at the end of the day. Michelle

19 Aug 2010 8:25 PM

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hi everyone it has been 1 week today since started sugar free wanting to loose weight as well as all the befefits asscociated with that..... i must admit I have struggled with the fat free issue as it has been inbuilt in my brain that the way to loose weight however since I have stopped using fat free products i find I dont require the sugar...... it has only been a week for me and I wont jump on the scales for another couple of weeks as I am 99% sure weight is going on and this may stop me perservering sugar free. I am committed so any advice out there would be good just to get me through the early stages until my appetite starts behaving itself... I must admit I have been eating a bit of junk food but but sugar free varieties... like chips, lots of nuts. i am although fortunate I have never drunk soft drink or juice just tea and water so that part easier my problem is sugar laden carb products like biscuits,sticky buns,cakes,etc. so far have not tried any recipes want to withdrawl completly I pretty much stick to all products with under 3.5g per 100g on the label is that correct? and I always have eaten very little fruit. even before sugar free.. any advice would be helpful. thanks

19 Aug 2010 8:53 PM

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hi can anyone out there maybe post an example of what they eat before and after(like a days menu plan) when they started and say a mopnth or so in would be great to compare if I am on track thanks

20 Aug 2010 7:31 AM

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fiona Thomas wrote:hi can anyone out there maybe post an example of what they eat before and after(like a days menu plan) when they started and say a mopnth or so in would be great to compare if I am on track thanks

Hi Fiona

I am only four or five weeks in and not sure about total weight loss as looking after mum after hip replacement BUT the cloths are looser and so are my shoes. The first couple of weeks I found it hard to control looking for food so like many others ate chips, nuts etc. Take some nuts in your bag so if you are out you can nibble instead of buying something. I craved food so ate low sugar. Previously I could eat a family block of chocolate or if I knew there was an iceblock in the freezer I couldn;t resist. I would have one teasp sugar in tea and two in coffee and have 6 cups a day. I would eat a good dinner and within an hour be wanting something to nibble. These habits continued (but changed to nativa sugar equivialant, chips for chocolate and a banana for muslie bars.)

NOW I have cut back to one weekbix with half a banana and milk for brekky. A thin rice cake or sao with cream chees or butter and vegemite for morning tea and coffe made with milk and sweetner. Lunch I have cut back to 1 slice of bread and filling (bought sandwiches out yesterday and couldn't eat all four) if want afternoon tea a small piece of friut and for dinner I am down to a small serve and feeling satisfied. If wanting something later I bought Jarrah chocolate which is low sugar and found so sweet I use only one spoon not two in a hot cup of milk. I am now drinking tea without sweetner and coffee down to 1/4 spoon sweetner. Yesterday I forgot my sweetner so tried cappacino without anything and enjoyed it.

Who would have thought these changes could happen in a month. My test will be when I return home (to the city) and try to keep it up. I don;t see why not as when my dad has a chocolate biscuit I am not even interested. I hope that continues and I am looking forward to hopping on my own scales. Mums are in pounds. Who knew they still existed.

Hope this helps.

Jan

24 Aug 2010 7:40 AM

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Hi Fiona,

I so hear you on the fat thing - i have been on weight watchers online a bit and since they calculate points based on kilojoules and sat fat things like nuts have huge points! I guess what i'm thinking is that david's research stcks up and there's so much of it, we might as well give this a red hot go :)

I mean, I'm pretty over having to watch points so I don't grow out of my clothes and really love the idea of the body being able to tell us when it's nourished. How wonderful if all that's stopping that is our sugar habit!! I'm not a huge consumer of sugar and I'm on my first week, though I'm still having a sugar hit or so a day as I slowly eat what's left of it in the house, though I'm sure that's a dumb idea that's going to streeeeetch my withdrawal for a while.

I eat a half weet bix and some all bran (that once I am done with the pack I'll buy another as it's got 13% sugar - will go for a less sugar one). I have that with a half cup of light soy milk, which I'll try to swap for rice milk when this carton is over. For lunch I have veggie stews from my slow cooker, of poached fish in tomato sauce. If I'm hungry at work I'll snack on a carrot, apple, mandarin - basically fruit or veg. For dinner I'll have something similar to lunch - a light curry, or steamed fish, maybe some pasta. If I crave dessert I mash a banana onto a plate, sprinkle a cake of weetbix on top, pour in a teeny bit of milk just to dampen the weekbit then microwave for a minute. I dust some cinnamon over it and it tastes really sweet - somehow bananas seem sweeter when warm (or at least I think so...). While some of my friends think that's a stomach-churningly awful-sounding dessert, I love it as a guilt-free treat :)

Hope this helps, stick to it and let us know how you go - I've just started like you so good to have someone on the same step.

M